LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfourth conjugation

assaliō

assaliō (present infinitive assalīre, perfect active assalīvī, supine assaltum)
Classical[asˈsa.li.oː]Ecclesiastical[asˈsaː.li.o]

Meaning

  1. Late Latinto jump on, attack

Conjugation conjugation 4

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.assaliōassaliēbamassaliamassalīvīassalīveramassalīverō
2nd sg.assalīsassaliēbāsassaliēsassalīvistīassalīverāsassalīveris
3rd sg.assalitassaliēbatassalietassalīvitassalīveratassalīverit
1st pl.assalīmusassaliēbāmusassaliēmusassalīvimusassalīverāmusassalīverimus
2nd pl.assalītisassaliēbātisassaliētisassalīvistisassalīverātisassalīveritis
3rd pl.assaliuntassaliēbantassalientassalīvērunt
assalīvēre
assalīverantassalīverint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.assaliamassalīremassalīverimassalīvissem
2nd sg.assaliāsassalīrēsassalīverīsassalīvissēs
3rd sg.assaliatassalīretassalīveritassalīvisset
1st pl.assaliāmusassalīrēmusassalīverīmusassalīvissēmus
2nd pl.assaliātisassalīrētisassalīverītisassalīvissētis
3rd pl.assaliantassalīrentassalīverintassalīvissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.assaliorassaliēbarassaliar
2nd sg.assalīris
assalīre
assaliēbāris
assaliēbāre
assaliēris
assaliēre
3rd sg.assalīturassaliēbāturassaliētur
1st pl.assalīmurassaliēbāmurassaliēmur
2nd pl.assalīminīassaliēbāminīassaliēminī
3rd pl.assaliunturassaliēbanturassalientur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.assaliarassalīrer
2nd sg.assaliāris
assaliāre
assalīrēris
assalīrēre
3rd sg.assaliāturassalīrētur
1st pl.assaliāmurassalīrēmur
2nd pl.assaliāminīassalīrēminī
3rd pl.assalianturassalīrentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.assalīassalīre
pres. 2nd pl.assalīteassalīminī
fut. 2nd sg.assalītōassalītor
fut. 3rd sg.assalītōassalītor
fut. 2nd pl.assalītōte—
fut. 3rd pl.assaliuntōassaliuntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveassalīreassalīrī
perfect infinitiveassalīvisseassaltum esse
future infinitiveassaltūrum esseassaltum īrī
present participleassaliēns—
perfect participle—assaltus
future participleassaltūrusassaliendus
assaliundus
gerundassaliendī, assaliendō, assaliendumsupineassaltum, assaltū

Origins

From ad- + saliō, replacing the Classical equivalent assiliō (the latter showing historical reduction of unstressed /a/). Attested from the time of the Lex Salica onwards.

Western Romance
  • Occitanassalirfrom Old Occitan assaly
  • Occitanassalhirfrom Old Occitan assaly
  • Old Catalanassalir
  • Old Catalanassallir
  • Old Frenchassalir, assaillir
  • Old Spanishassalirfrom Old Occitan assaly
  • Old Spanishasalirfrom Old Occitan assaly
  • Romanshassaglir
Italo-Romance
  • Italianassalire

In English words that came into English from assaliō

  • assaultassaliō
  • assailantassaliō
  • assailassaliō

Quick answers

What does assaliō mean in Latin?
assaliō, a verb, means “to jump on, attack”.
What are the principal parts of assaliō?
assaliō, assalīre, assalīvī, assaltum (fourth conjugation).
How do you pronounce assaliō?
In classical Latin, [asˈsa.li.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [asˈsaː.li.o].
Which English words come from assaliō?
English words that go back to Latin assaliō include assault, assailant and assail.